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Libyan Crisis

Sisi committed to ridding Libya of armed militias

Libyan Crisis

Abdel Fattah al-Sisi speaking in a pre-recorded message which was played during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly

Sisi committed to ridding Libya of armed militias

Abdel Fattah al-Sisi speaking in a pre-recorded message which was played during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly

Wedding ceremonies

A maximum of 300 invitees in open-air wedding ceremonies

Wedding ceremonies, cultural events in open-air venues to be allowed in Egypt

Egypt's bread subsidy

Egypt offers bread to more than 60 million people

Egypt shrinks subsidized bread loaf by 20 grams

Egypt's sex abuse law

A mural with Arabic that reads "no to harassment," is seen on a wall in Cairo

Egypt approves law to protect identities of women reporting sex abuse

Egypt's senate elections

Nearly 63 million people out of a total population of more than 100 million are eligible to vote

Egyptians vote for newly created Senate

Sex assault bill

99% of women in Egypt interviewed by the UN in 2013 reported sexual harassment

Egypt mulls law to protect abused women's identities

Egypt-Greece deal

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias

Egypt, Greece sign deal on exclusive economic zone

Rape

Fairmont Nile City Hotel in Cairo

Egypt probes alleged gang rape at luxury Cairo hotel

Renaissance Dam

Egypt and Sudan view the dam as a threat to vital water supplies

Egypt, Sudan demand suspension of Nile dam talks

Sex assault bill

The move follows the arrest of a man accused of raping and blackmailing multiple women

Egypt parliament passes bill to protect sex assault victims' identity

Egypt's social media

Haneen Hossam's Instagram account

Egypt female social media influencers sentenced for violating public morals

Renaissance Dam

Ethiopia said it had hit its first-year target for filling the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

Egypt, Sudan criticise Ethiopia’s unilateral Blue Nile dam filling

Egypt's homeless

A homeless man sleeps on a pedestrian bridge in Cairo

Homeless, street children struggle to survive in virus-hit Egypt

Renaissance Dam

The Blue Nile is a tributary of the Nile from which Egypt gets 90% of its fresh water

Ethiopia, Egypt, Sudan agree to resume dam talks

Libyan war

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi

Parliament gives Sisi green light for possible Libya intervention

Libyan war

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (C) meeting with the mask-clad Libyan tribal leaders

Egypt 'won't stand idle' on security threats from Libya

Coronavirus pandemic

Fines of about $250 for people not wearing masks in public

Egypt subsidies reusable face masks

Egypt's senate elections

Amendments made to Egypt's constitution last year provided for the creation of the Council of Senators

Egypt to hold senate elections in August

Renaissance Dam

A general view of the Blue Nile river as it passes through the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan agree to delay filling dam

Renaissance Dam

General view of the construction works at the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam near Guba in Ethiopia

Sudan warns against filling mega-dam without deal

Libyan Crisis

Arab League Chief Ahmed Abul Gheit chairing an urgent virtual foreign ministers meeting on Libya

Arab League urges withdrawal of foreign forces from Libya

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